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<p>Basically yes, it’s a dollar-to-point equivalent. How one plan compares to another depends on your eating habits. The more flex points you have the more flexibility in choosing where to eat. According to my D, a meal plan “meal” can only be used in one of the cafeterias. Flex points can be used other places on campus. If you prefer most of your meals in one of the dining halls and plan on three squares a day, six days a week, two meals on the Sabbath (or something like that), then the 19 meal plan may work best. If you’re thinking of two meals in a dining hall seven days a week, with greater flexibility (in case you’re not hungry for a third meal every day, or just want to grab some overpriced foodstuffs from somewhere else on campus, go with the 14 meal plan. Think about what you plan to do. Maybe your class schedule combined with a sport, club, or part-time campus job, makes a third meal difficult or impossible. Then why fork out for the 19 meal plan? What are your eating habits now, and how do you think you would prefer to eat once on campus? I know it’s hard to be sure of that now, but you have to think about it and make your choice. But you can also use Obie Dollars to buy food.</p>
<p>Here’s some more info, if you haven’t seen it: [Oberlin</a> College Housing and Dining](<a href=“http://www2.oberlin.edu/cds/mealplans/flexpoints.html]Oberlin”>http://www2.oberlin.edu/cds/mealplans/flexpoints.html)</p>